Shloka 30
Garuḍa’s Breach of the Amṛta-Guard and Boons with Viṣṇu; Encounter with Indra (Ādi-parva, Adhyāya 29)
षड्डुच्छितो योजनानि गजस्तद्द्विगुणायत: । कूर्मस्त्रियोजनोत्सेधो दशयोजनमण्डल:,हाथीका शरीर छ: योजन ऊँचा और बारह योजन लंबा है। कछुआ तीन योजन ऊँचा और दस योजन गोल है
ṣaḍ-ucchito yojanāni gajas tad-dviguṇāyataḥ | kūrmas triyojanotsedho daśayojanamaṇḍalaḥ ||
কাশ্যপে ক’লে—হাতী ছয় যোজন উচ্চ, আৰু তাৰ দৈৰ্ঘ্য তাৰ দ্বিগুণ। কচ্ছপ তিন যোজন উচ্চ, আৰু তাৰ পৰিধি দহ যোজন।
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the extraordinary scale of beings described in the epic’s narrative world, training the listener to contemplate creation’s vastness and to receive the account with wonder and attentiveness rather than limiting it to ordinary expectations.
Kaśyapa is describing the dimensions of an elephant and a tortoise in yojanas, giving striking measurements as part of a larger descriptive/didactic passage.